diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5df3b0adf..6751390c6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cw721-base 0.17.0",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/contracts/cw2981-royalties/Cargo.toml b/contracts/cw2981-royalties/Cargo.toml
index 4c265b469..d9140bc37 100644
--- a/contracts/cw2981-royalties/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/cw2981-royalties/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ cw721           = { workspace = true }
 cw721-base      = { workspace = true, features = ["library"] }
 schemars        = { workspace = true }
 serde           = { workspace = true }
+thiserror       = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/contracts/cw2981-royalties/src/error.rs b/contracts/cw2981-royalties/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73c0e4bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contracts/cw2981-royalties/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use cosmwasm_std::StdError;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error, PartialEq)]
+pub enum ContractError {
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Std(#[from] StdError),
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Base(#[from] cw721_base::ContractError),
+
+    #[error("Royalty percentage must be between 0 and 100")]
+    InvalidRoyaltyPercentage,
+}
diff --git a/contracts/cw2981-royalties/src/lib.rs b/contracts/cw2981-royalties/src/lib.rs
index 4fe26e2d8..566317ac5 100644
--- a/contracts/cw2981-royalties/src/lib.rs
+++ b/contracts/cw2981-royalties/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod error;
 pub mod msg;
 pub mod query;
 
@@ -6,8 +7,9 @@ pub use query::{check_royalties, query_royalties_info};
 use cosmwasm_schema::cw_serde;
 use cosmwasm_std::{to_binary, Empty};
 use cw721_base::Cw721Contract;
-pub use cw721_base::{ContractError, InstantiateMsg, MinterResponse};
+pub use cw721_base::{InstantiateMsg, MinterResponse};
 
+use crate::error::ContractError;
 use crate::msg::Cw2981QueryMsg;
 
 // Version info for migration
@@ -77,7 +79,25 @@ pub mod entry {
         info: MessageInfo,
         msg: ExecuteMsg,
     ) -> Result<Response, ContractError> {
-        Cw2981Contract::default().execute(deps, env, info, msg)
+        if let ExecuteMsg::Mint {
+            extension:
+                Some(Metadata {
+                    royalty_percentage: Some(royalty_percentage),
+                    ..
+                }),
+            ..
+        } = &msg
+        {
+            // validate royalty_percentage to be between 0 and 100
+            // no need to check < 0 because royalty_percentage is u64
+            if *royalty_percentage > 100 {
+                return Err(ContractError::InvalidRoyaltyPercentage);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Cw2981Contract::default()
+            .execute(deps, env, info, msg)
+            .map_err(Into::into)
     }
 
     #[entry_point]
@@ -140,6 +160,36 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(res.extension, extension);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn validate_royalty_information() {
+        let mut deps = mock_dependencies();
+        let _contract = Cw2981Contract::default();
+
+        let info = mock_info(CREATOR, &[]);
+        let init_msg = InstantiateMsg {
+            name: "SpaceShips".to_string(),
+            symbol: "SPACE".to_string(),
+            minter: CREATOR.to_string(),
+        };
+        entry::instantiate(deps.as_mut(), mock_env(), info.clone(), init_msg).unwrap();
+
+        let token_id = "Enterprise";
+        let exec_msg = ExecuteMsg::Mint {
+            token_id: token_id.to_string(),
+            owner: "john".to_string(),
+            token_uri: Some("https://starships.example.com/Starship/Enterprise.json".into()),
+            extension: Some(Metadata {
+                description: Some("Spaceship with Warp Drive".into()),
+                name: Some("Starship USS Enterprise".to_string()),
+                royalty_percentage: Some(101),
+                ..Metadata::default()
+            }),
+        };
+        // mint will return StdError
+        let err = entry::execute(deps.as_mut(), mock_env(), info, exec_msg).unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(err, ContractError::InvalidRoyaltyPercentage);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn check_royalties_response() {
         let mut deps = mock_dependencies();